Ghadir Ghroof-Gharid

Ghadir Ghroof-Gharid ( _ar. غدير غروف, born 12 September 1990 in Jericho) is a Palestinian sprint athlete. She will be participating in the 100 meter sprint at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She is one of four Palestinian athletes — two runners, two swimmers — who will take part in the Olympics of this year. The other runner is Nader al-Masri.

Ghroof-Gharid is currently training in Jericho, with almost no athletic facilities. She trains on a surface of clay.cite news
title = Ghadir Ghroof-Gharid, une sprinteuse pour représenter la Palestine aux Jeux de Pékin
url = http://bellaciao.org/fr/article.php3?id_article=49945
publisher = Le Monde
date = 2007-06-22
accessdate = 2008-05-13]

She was born handicapped with a deformation of the ankles which made it difficult for her to walk; this was not corrected until she was ten years old. Soon thereafter, she took an interest in sprinting, and began regular training. Between 2003 and 2007, she became Palestine's national champion for her age category in the women's 100m, 200m and 400m sprints. In 2006, she was the youngest competitor at the indoor athletics championships in Moscow.cite news
title = Ghadir Ghroof-Gharid, une sprinteuse pour représenter la Palestine aux Jeux de Pékin
url = http://bellaciao.org/fr/article.php3?id_article=49945
publisher = Le Monde
date = 2007-06-22
accessdate = 2008-05-13]

She is of distant African immigrant descent.cite news
title = Ghadir Ghroof-Gharid, une sprinteuse pour représenter la Palestine aux Jeux de Pékin
url = http://bellaciao.org/fr/article.php3?id_article=49945
publisher = Le Monde
date = 2007-06-22
accessdate = 2008-05-13]

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